Interactions between HQ and Divisions in a MNC - Some Consequences of IT Implementation on Organizing supply Activities

Svend Ole Madsen () and Ole Stegmann Mikkelsen ()
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Svend Ole Madsen: Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark
Ole Stegmann Mikkelsen: Danfoss A/S, Denmark

No 57/04, Working Papers from University of Southern Denmark, Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics

Abstract: This article focuses partly on the interaction between a company headquarter and the divisions and partly on how new IT technologies can influence this process. Specifically, the influence of a newly developed Data Warehouse sys-tem organization of supply is investigated. Based on earlier perspectives, such as core competence and portfolio perspectives, the interactions are examined, and a third perspective, in which elements of the two are coordinated and inte-grated, is introduced. Based on a single case study of Danfoss A/S, the new IT opportunities are then used to illustrate the implications on the organisation of purchasing activities.

Keywords: Strategic purchasing; multinational companies (MNCs); Informa-tion; Communication and Technology (ICT); organisational development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2004-08
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